Photographs
Beattie v. Traynor, 49 A.2d 200, 114 Vt. 495 (Vt.1946)
A photograph, like a map or diagram, is merely a witness' pictured expression of the data observed by him and therein communicated to the tribunal more accurately than by words, and its admission, when properly verified, rests on the relevancy of the ...
State v. Findlay, 765 A.2d 483, 171 Vt. 594 (Vt. 2000)
The court, moreover, did not abuse its discretion in admitting the yearbook photograph. [171 Vt. 598] The admissibility of photographic evidence is largely a matter of discretion for the trial court. See State v. Colby, 139 Vt. 475, 478, 431 A.2d ...
State v. Colby, 431 A.2d 462, 139 Vt. 475 (Vt. 1981)
Admissibility of photographic evidence is largely a matter of discretion for the trial court. United States v. Taylor, 530 F.2d 639, 642 (5th Cir. 1976). While courts may be more cautious when the evidence consists of a photograph or a tape since the ...
Hester A. Davis v. S. Farrar Dunn, 98 A. 81, 90 Vt. 253 (V. 1916)
But the rules governing the examination of other witnesses did not give the right to examine respecting the contents of the X-ray photograph, until the photograph had been properly verified or authenticated by some evidence other than itself. 10 R. ...
Killary v. Bulington-Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce, Inc., 186 A.2d 170, 123 Vt. 256 (Vt. 1962)
The test of admissibility of colored photographs is the same as it is for models, maps, plans and black and white photographs. Preliminary evidence is required to show that they are sufficiently accurate to be helpful to the jury, and this is a ...
State v. Mahlon J. Gravelle, 89 A.2d 111, 117 Vt. 238 (Vt. 1952)
Models, maps, plans and photographs belong, in the law of evidence, to the same class, and are admissible only when properly verified. That is to say, preliminary evidence is required to show that they are sufficiently accurate to be helpful to the ...
F. v. Hassam v. J.E. Safford Lumber Company And J. E Safford, 74 A. 197, 82 Vt. 444 (Vt. 1909)
Models, maps, plans, and photographs belong, in the law of evidence, to the same class, and are admissible only when properly verified. That is to say, preliminary evidence is required to show that they are sufficiently accurate to be helpful to the ...
T.H. Leland v. D.R. Leonard, 112 A. 198, 95 Vt. 36 (Vt. 1921)
The value of photographs and photographic enlargements of questioned signatures and documents is everywhere recognized. [95 Vt. 38] It is attested by this Court in Rowell v. Fuller's Estate, 59 Vt. 688, 10 A. 853. They must be properly verified, to ...
Rowell v. Fuller’s Estate, 10 A. 853, 59 Vt. 688 (Vt. 1887)
There was no error in the use made of the photographs of the different signatures. Enlarged copies of a disputed signature or writing and of those used as comparisons may be of great aid to a jury in comparing and examining different specimens of ...
State v. Lionel R. Goyet, 132 A.2d 623, 120 Vt. 12 (Vt. 1957)
According to most decisions, a photograph is admissible in evidence, not merely as a map or diagram representing things to which a witness testifies from his independent observation, but as direct evidence of things which have not been directly ...
Dorr M. Thayer v. Walter B. Glynn, 106 A. 834, 93 Vt. 257 (Vt.1919)
The plaintiff offered in evidence a photograph of the scene of the accident in which was shown a horse and wagon headed toward Bellows Falls and an automobile headed in the opposite direction. These objects had been placed by some one acting in the ...
Gioielli v. Mallard Cove Condominium, 658 A.2d 134 (1995)
Inadmissible because no evidence as to when photograph was taken or its relevance. Booker v. Stern, 563 A.2d 305 (1989). The time a photograph was taken goes to the weight to be given it, not its admissibility. State v. Smith, 540 A.2d 679 (1988).
Blanchard v. Bridgeport, 463 A.2d 553 (1983)
Photograph admissible even though it depicted the area after the conditions changed to make cage safer; also, photograph of a similar leopard was admissible because it fairly represented what it purported to represent
Tarquino v. Diglio, 394 A.2d 198 (1978)
Photo not admissible because could not prove it was fair and accurate; that the skid marks depicted were those of this accident
Katsetos v. Nolan, 368 A.2d 172 (1976)
Medical slides would have been cumulative of testimony and therefore inadmissible.
Lucier v. Meriden-Walingford Sand & Stone, 216 A.2d 818 (1966)
One of three photographs of deceased in coffin was admissible because probative of scar on neck
Rokus v. Bridgeport, 463 A.2d 252 (1983)
Photographs and maps were admissible as illustrations of the accident scene
State v. Asherman, 478 A.2d 227, 193 Conn. 695 (Conn. 1984)
Odontologist used life-sized enlargements and creation of "mirror image" photograph of defendant's teeth by photographing defendant's teeth and taking special scan photographs inside defendant's mouth.
Sanderson v. Steve Snyder Enterprises, Inc., 196 Conn. 134, 143, 491 A.2d 389 (1985)
The general rule is that evidence of subsequent repair is not admissible on the issue of negligence.